The MinnMax Show

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! The first one from the new studio! On this week's show, Ben Hanson is joined by Suriel Vazquez, Jeff Marchiafava, and Kyle Hilliard to talk about Marvel's Avengers and the turning tide on Crystal Dynamics' new game, The Last Campfire from Hello Games, and the deafening silence from Microsoft and Sony about the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. Then we open up the M...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! In the final show from original the MinnMax studio, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and special guest Marcus Stewart (Marcus Makes Media on YouTube) talk about the reveal of Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War within Warzone. Then we unpack all of the news from DC's Fandome, talking about Rocksteady's new Suicide Squad game and Warner Bros. M...

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Ana Diaz, and Leo Vader share their thoughts on rumors about Ubisoft remaking Prince of Persia, the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater remake, Rogue Legacy 2, and the joys of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Then we open up the Minnbox and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and leaving a question...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Ana Diaz, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava talk about the surprising delay of 343's Halo Infinite, share new details on Cyberpunk 2077 from CD Projekt RED, and speculate about Rocksteady's upcoming Suicide Squad game. Then we unpack a ton of great indie games we've been enjoying lately like UnderMine, Mixolumia, and Littlewoo...

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez talk about 343's decision to make Halo Infinite's multiplayer free-to-play, reveal the next Deepest Dive, and explain why we're all in love with the battle royale-esque Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. Then we lay out the full release schedule for 2020 and turn it into a "Release Calendar Six Shooter Duel"... patent...

On this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, and Leo Vader share everything we know about the games shown during the Xbox Games Showcase. We talk about the reveal of Fable from Playground Games and share our thoughts on Halo Infinite's gameplay from 343 Industries. Then we talk about some games we've been playing and try to wrap our minds around the unp...

We have a huge, new episode of The MinnMax Show for you! Today Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Suriel Vazquez are joined by video essay extraordinaire Jacob Geller to run down our picks for our favorite/the most potentially prolific new IP from the entire generation. There's a lot to unpack here. Then we open up the Minnbox with Leo Vader and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a pr...

On this episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Suriel Vazquez, and Jeff Marchiafava are joined by MinnMax's new cohort LEO VADER! Thanks for all of your support on Patreon, we're growing because of you! On this episode, Kyle shares his review for Ghost of Tsushima (codes provided by PlayStation), Suriel reviews Paper Mario: The Origami King, and we unpack everything we learned abo...

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, and Suriel Vazquez wind back the clock and talk about the greatest E3 they ever attended: E3 2013. We unpack the pivotal press conferences where Microsoft stumbled out of the gate with the Xbox One and Sony had the perfect message at the perfect time on the PlayStation 4. Then Ana Diaz joins the show and we talk about Ubisoft's battle royale H...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava are joined by former Game Informer intern O'Dell Harmon to talk about Andy McNamara leaving Game Informer, the MinnMax Discord community's list of the Top 10 Cyborgs in video games, and our review of the games released in 2020 so far as we attempt to figure out where we're at for the game of the year...

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson, Suriel Vazquez, and Kyle Hilliard are joined by Sarah Podzorski to talk about her journey to localizing games like Undertale, Monster Hunter: World, and Xenoblade Chronicles X in Japan with 8-4. We cover the surprising announcement of the MOBA Pokémon Unite, discuss Crash Bandicoot 4 and the best/worst fourth entries, and then run down the Mi...

On this week's episode, Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Suriel Vazquez, and Jeff Marchiafava try to predict the cost of the PlayStation 5 console and share new details on games like Deathloop, Horizon Forbidden West, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Kyle Hilliard then shares his extremely spoiler-free review impressions for Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II based on Sony giving us an early code....

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! It's a big episode this week as we're joined by Polygon's Mike Mahardy to talk about Sony's big reveal of the PlayStation 5. We cover Insomniac's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Bluepoint's remake of From Software's Demon's Souls, Resident Evil 8, and the reveal of the PlayStation 5 console itself! We also talk about the remaster of...

Welcome to a new episode of The MinnMax Show podcast! Obviously it's an emotional week, but we wanted to do our best to add some positivity back into your day. On this week's episode, we're joined by former Game Informer editor Bryan Vore, the developer of HyperDot Charles McGregor, and Marcus Makes Media's Marcus Stewartto talk about our favorite moments throughout the history of E3. We also talk...

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, and Jeff Marchiafava share impressions after seeing new gameplay for Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II on Sony's State of Play stream. We also talk about Danny O'Dwyer's NoClip documentary on Arkane Studios and NetherRealm's new expansion to Mortal Kombat 11 called Aftermath. Then we're joined by our old friend Grant to talk about the Slay the Spire-esque Mo...

On this episode of The MinnMax show podcast, we welcome Game Informer and Giant Bomb alumn Dan Ryckert back to the world of video game podcasts as we choose our favorite game for each year of the last decade. 2000-2009 is an incredible stretch in the game industry, with technology going from Perfect Dark to Uncharted 2. We also debate the #1 greatest game of the decade, talking about the merits of...

In this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and Blake Hester (@metallicaisrad) talk about the remake of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2, gameplay for Ghost of Tsushima from Sucker Punch, and Epic showing off Unreal Engine 5 on a PlayStation 5. Then we open up the Minnbox and award the iam8bit question of the week! To jump to a particular discussion, ch...

On this episode of The MinnMax Show podcast, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Suriel Vazquez, and Jill Grodt (@Finruin) share their reaction to Microsoft's gameplay reveals for the Xbox Series X and talk about the upcoming summer of game reveals. Then we answer questions from the community and award the winner of iam8bit's question of the week! To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timest...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, we're joined by former Game Informer intern Marcus Stewart as we unpack the unusual reveal for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, rank Naughty Dog's games (without spoiling anything about The Last of Us Part 2), and review Streets of Rage 4. After thanking our biggest supporters, we answer some great questions from you the community! Here's Marcus...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this episode, we're joined by former Game Informer PC editor Adam Biessener to talk about XCOM: Chimera Squad, developer Sam Barlow joins us to talk about Telling Lies, Silent Hill, and telling stories through webcams, and then for community questions we're joined by Jason Schreier, Kirk Hamilton, and Maddy Myers from the Triple Click podcast! You can submit qu...

On this episode, we talk about the rumors surrounding a remake of Resident Evil 4, share impressions of playing Riot's Valorant, and are then joined by Ana Diaz to talk about Persona 5 Royal. Then we open up the Minnbox and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax To...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! On this week's episode, we share out gut reaction to Sony's reveal of the PlayStation 5 controller called the DualSense and share spoiler-free impressions of Final Fantasy VII Remake. Then we're joined by Griffin Newman (Blank Check podcast, The Tick) and Graham Goring (LEGO City Undercover, LEGO The Force Awakens) to talk about the cultural impact of the LEGO gam...

MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kyle Hilliard, Jeff Marchiafava, and Suriel Vazquez are joined by Resident Evil superfan Alex Aniel (@cvxfreak) to review Capcom's new remake of Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil Resistance. Then we're joined by David Sims (@davidlsims) from the Blank Check podcast to talk about the rumors swirling about Mario's 35th anniversary/potential Nintendo Switch re-releases and rank...

Welcome back to The MinnMax Show! It's one of the biggest weeks of the year for game releases and we're excited to break it all down with you. On this episode, Ben Hanson, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, and Suriel Vazquez are joined by former Game Informer managing editor Matt Bertz. We talk about playing Id's new masterpiece Doom Eternal, how Valve pulled off a miracle by releasing Half-Life: A...

The world is surreal, but we're still here to talk about games and have a good time. On this week's show, Imran Khan joins the cohorts to talk about the new details on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Then we talk about ways to get better while working from home and a whole lot more. Thanks for sticking with us, we're not going to stop creating fun content for you. To jump to a particular disc...